by Rebecca Lowe | Jun 15, 2021 | Mind Body Connection, Wellness
The number one question the body is ALWAYS asking is: Am I safe? This includes not only physical safety, but also emotional safety. All of the nerves coming from the body and sending information to the brain are doing so to be able to help the brain make the decisions...
by Rebecca Lowe | May 12, 2021 | OMPT, Touch Session, Wellness
Back in Touch: Are You Ready to Re-enter a World of Touch? America, generally speaking, is not a country or a culture with a lot of touch and affection. We keep our distance and we have larger than average personal space requirements socially. This changed even more a...
by Rebecca Lowe | Apr 21, 2021 | Fascia/ Connective Tissue, IASTM
IASTM stands for instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization. These are tools and techniques that are targeted to skin/fascia/connective tissue and scars. Graston is another brand that you may have heard of. And, Gua Sha is another term for stones or wood used in a...
by Rebecca Lowe | Mar 4, 2021 | Better Together
Connecting your Mind and Body. Resting and Receiving. There is a different type of session that I can offer you. The typical session at Manual Therapy of Nashville is the session that is focused on diagnostic, analytical, clinical, and very specific structures in...
by Rebecca Lowe | Feb 25, 2021 | Apprenticeship, OMPT, Spotlight
A profession still using an apprenticeship model? Cat Stone began her training in Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy (OMPT) a couple of years ago through the same organization that trained me. However, due to the events of 2020, all of her classes were canceled. I...
by Rebecca Lowe | Jul 13, 2020 | OMPT
Continuing to look closer at Tendinosis We have already said that tendinosis was a non-inflammatory condition that is characterized by thin, frayed, and fragile tendon fibers. The bundles of collagen are disorganized, less oxygen, fatty cells can be present as well as...
by Rebecca Lowe | Jul 8, 2020 | OMPT
Looking closer at Tendinosis… We have already said that tendinosis was a non-inflammatory condition that is characterized by thin, frayed, and fragile tendon fibers. The bundles of collagen are disorganized, less oxygenated, fatty cells can be present as well as...
by Rebecca Lowe | Jul 2, 2020 | OMPT
We are continuing our journey into the Land of the Tendons and how to tame them. The main purpose of tendons is to transmit longitudinal loads from muscle to bone. Tendons have been studied for their biomechanical properties (i.e. stress/strain curves on tensile...
by Rebecca Lowe | Jun 30, 2020 | OMPT
Some years ago I became intrigued with tendons. There is such mystery around them. They are one of the bridges in the body – bridging muscle to bone. Little is known about the tendon pathology and how best to treat it. So, naturally, I wanted to delve into...
by Rebecca Lowe | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
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